About the Authors

Bret R. Adams

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Sarah E. Golding

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Raj R. Rao

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Life Sciences Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Kristoffer Valerie

KVALERIE@VCU.EDU

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, The Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BRA KV. Performed the experiments: BRA SEG KV. Analyzed the data: BRA KV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BRA RRR KV. Wrote the paper: BRA KV.